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How to Reduce Shipping Costs: 8 Effective Ways

Ware2Go

Learn how to meet expectations without sacrificing bottom line revenue with these 8 simple tips. Why Shipping Costs Matter. 65% of merchants in a recent survey reported an increase in ecommerce cart conversions of up to 25% when they offered a 1-2-day delivery promise. Customer expectations for shipping are higher than ever.

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Distribution Center Robots: How Robots Continue to Power the Distribution Center

GlobalTranz

Distribution center robots are a force in the Amazon powerhouse, reports the Association for Advancing Automation. When Amazon purchased Kiva robots, distribution center robots became the new “shiny object turned real-world effective object” of e-commerce fulfillment. Bring disparate systems together. Re-assure your workforce.

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8 Examples of Kanban in Lean Manufacturing

Unleashed

Here, you may consider using a hybrid system of Kanban’s pull alongside analytics-based push methodologies (i.e. a heavier focus on demand forecasting and more variable inventory purchasing). If your industry is susceptible to big swings in product volumes, you may find Kanban struggles to keep up.

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Part 2: Delighting Customers with Superior Retail Operations (Video)

FLEXE

At this year’s Seattle Startup Week, our CEO and co-founder, Karl Siebrecht, was joined on a panel with BevyUp’s co-founder and CEO, Mauricio Cuevas, and FitCode’s co-founder and CEO, Rian Buckley. They get a lot of these market reports saying, “Your customer is a woman. How do I do that?”

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Logistics in the City

Enterra Insights

Studies have shown that ridesharing services add to traffic congestion in cities and, increasingly, thanks to consumers using the digital path to purchase, delivery vehicles are creating all sorts of problems. Calvert reports some cities, like New York, are trying to encourage the use of cargo bikes. The challenge of urban logistics.

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Amazon Go and the Future of Sentient Buildings: An Analysis

Supply Chain Brain

I visited the Amazon Go store while I was in Seattle recently. The Amazon Go store in Seattle is about 1,800 square feet. The first time you login, the app takes you through a 9-step animated tutorial which explains how to scan yourself into the store and how to shop. of variable cost to each item.